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Pope recalls Soviet persecution, restoration of hierarchy in Ukraine (CWN)

Posted on 07/13/2026 04:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

In a Latin-language letter, Pope Leo XIV recalled the persecution of the Church in Ukraine after the Second World War and the restoration of the hierarchy there following the Soviet Union’s collapse.

Work to build communion, not another Babel, Pope tells Church in Asia (CWN)

Posted on 07/13/2026 04:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV exhorted the Church in Asia, and especially the bishops there, to implore God “that we may become builders of communion and not architects of this world’s Babylon; servants of the Kingdom to come, not builders of towers destined to collapse.”

God the Father continues to sow the seed of Jesus in our hearts, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)

Posted on 07/13/2026 03:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

The parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-23) describes the “generosity and trust with which God sows his Word in our hearts and his power in us,” Pope Leo XIV said during his July 12 Sunday Angelus address (video).

Pope renews appeal for peace; recalls Sea Sunday, Jasna Góra pilgrimage (CWN)

Posted on 07/13/2026 03:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

At the conclusion of his July 12 Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal for peace.

Jul. 13 Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Henry , Opt. Mem.

Posted on 07/13/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Henry II (972-1024). He was successively Duke of Bavaria, King of Germany and Emperor, devoted himself to the spread of religion by rebuilding churches and founding monasteries. Until the end of his life he displayed the virtues of a great saint. Together with his wife, St. Cunegunda, he founded the bishopric of Bamberg and, at his death in 1024, was buried in the cathedral there; his holy wife was laid by his side fifteen years later.